Going Gaga at North Cottesloe Beach
This afternoon I was relaxing on the balcony at the Blue Duck Café link watching the day end with its usual sunset sizzle. While I wrote, the loved-up couple on the…
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Love thy neighbour or … (The King Is Dead by Rolf de Heer)
Last night I went to see The King is Dead by Rolf de Heer, he of Bad Boy Bubby and Ten Canoes fame, hmmm. Ensconced in the back row I…
Two degrees of football improved by mum stealth
The prospect of going to a night football match in 2 degrees left me a tad cold ….groan, sorry. However I’d forgotten my secret weapon …. mum power. Our party…
Nip and Tuck at Art Gallery WA
When I first saw this image at the AGWA MoMA Picasso to Warhol exhibition I pondered …Was it an old Master tired of being inundated by Rubenesque models? Was he…
Second album syndrome (MoMA at AGWA)
Having exhausted myself trying to find all the hidden faces in Jackson Pollock’s Free Form, and Shimmering Substance, I moved onto his next offering Easter and the Totem and was instantly perplexed.Shimmering…
Where’s Wally? (MoMA at AGWA)
If I’m honest I first became interested in Jackson Pollock thanks to the movie starting Ed Harris, even though my art teacher had made several attempts many years prior. As they…
Trust and friendship begets ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ event in Perth (MoMa at AGWA)
Finally eleven shipments, making a total of over 100 pieces of art, have made it safely from New York’s prestigious Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) to the Art Gallery of…
Picasso, by george she’s got it! (New York MoMA at AGWA, Film Festival)
I’ve never been to an Art Gallery Film Festival before but hey, if I can watch a film on a rooftop why not in a gallery foyer. This week I…
Signs an artist has made it (New York MoMa at AGWA: Film Festival)
The other night I went to the Art Gallery WA for a sneak peek of the Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters, Film Festival. The first movie put on by the…
Hand, Sand & Soul (Sand Art by Ilana Yahav)
One of the aims of The Ponder Room is to profile inspirational people who enhance our world. On that note it’s great to see both James Foley and Lincoln Fenner…
A momentary peek into the celebrity lifestyle
The other night I went out with three female friends to celebrate their birthdays. While I anticipated an evening of lashings of fluid, exquisite food and infinite chatter, I hadn’t…
When residents design the city Part 6: Chaos
Meanwhile back at the Home Sweet Home charity design project things were getting more and more complicated …The animals had taken to grazing on the roof of the Butchers shop…
Perth has stolen the heart of New York (AGWA Manhattan-style bar)
This morning I was summoned to the Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) which I must admit wasn’t a top priority having had a particularly big weekend. Besides in terms…
When residents design the city Part 5 Neighbours (Home Sweet Home)
Back in the daylight hours, I was reminded that while we may try to be the rulers of our own domain, we have no control over what our neighbours do, or who they invite…
LSD legal in Perth
Last week I found myself in a Perth establishment that said it offered ‘the Byron Bay favourite’ … LSD. © The Ponder Room I have to admit that my…
When residents design the city. Part 4 Night Life (Home Sweet Home)
…marketing had however made it to …Drunken Dans, complete with signage, a cork (or is that an advertising balloon) on the roof and a drive-through section.The Ponder RoomHowever The Tuck Inn…
When residents design the city. Part 3 Night life (Home Sweet Home)
… perhaps the unicorn ride home came after an evening at the pub, or ….The Ponder Roomor the ‘Night Club’ although it seems to have it’s own transport system on…
When residents design the city. Part 2 Transport (Home Sweet Home)
A public transport system … beautifully marketed as Unicorns …Oh come on who hasn’t found themselves waiting in a Perth taxi queue dreaming of a white unicorn transporting them home …. or…
